54 Bible Verses about Self Denial

Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and sojourners, to abstain from the fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

Have thou found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the ruler of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

having chosen rather to be mistreated with the people of God, than to have the pleasure of sin temporarily.

But they said, We will drink no wine. For Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, forever.

I ate no pleasant bread. Neither flesh nor wine came into my mouth. Neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he should, no, not drink wine and strong drink. And he will be filled of Holy Spirit, even from his mother's belly.

For John the immerser has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.

And having called in the multitude with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wants to follow behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And he said to all, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And Paul answered, What are ye doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I fare ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

But whatever was gain to me, these things I regarded loss because of the Christ.

And if thy right eye causes thee to stumble, remove it and cast it from thee, for it is advantageous for thee that one of thy body-parts should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

May thy kingdom come. May thy will happen on the earth as also in heaven.

And passing forth from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And he says to him, Follow me. And after rising, he followed him.

And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude resorted to him, and he taught them. And as he passed by he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And he says to him, Follow thou me. And having risen, he followed him.

And after these things he went forth and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And he said to him, Follow me. And after leaving behind all, having risen up, he followed him.

And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off. It is good for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,

Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

Then having answered, Peter said to him, Lo, we have forsaken all, and followed thee. What then will be for us?

Peter began to say to him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

And Peter said, Lo, we have left all and followed thee.

And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.

And having answered, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, there is no man who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of me, and because of the good-news, but he will receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands--with persecutions--and in the coming age, eternal life.

And when they brought their boats to land, after forsaking all, they followed him.

So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.

But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good-news of the grace of God.

May it not happen! How will we who died to sin, still live in it?

For if ye live according to flesh, ye are going to die, but if in spirit ye kill the deeds of the body, ye will live.

I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.

But clothe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no forethought for lusts of the flesh.

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under control by anything.

And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable. I therefore run this way, not as aimlessly. I fight this way, not as flaying air. But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.

And it was not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God,

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

But I say, walk in Spirit and ye will, no, not fulfill a lust of flesh.

For ye died, and your life has been hidden with the Christ in God.

If therefore any man purges himself from these things, he will be a vessel for esteem, sanctified and useful to the master, prepared for every good work.

disciplining us, so that, having denied irreverence and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and piously in the present age. Awaiting the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Be subordinate therefore to God, but resist the devil and he will flee from you.

in order to live the remaining time in flesh, no longer by lusts of men, but by the will of God.

And Boaz answered and said to her, It has been fully shown me all that thou have done to thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband, and how thou have left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and have com

Look ye out (each man) not to things of yourselves, but each man also to the things of others.

Yet now, if thou will forgive their sin--, and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou have written.

It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor in whatever thy brother stumbles against, or is caused to stumble, or becomes weak.

Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves.

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will no, not eat meat into the age, so that I may not cause my brother to stumble.

Put to death therefore your body-parts on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

No man who serves in the military entangles himself in the affairs of life, so that he may please the man who enlisted the army.

Let not one man seek that of himself, but each man that of the other.

It is necessary for that man to increase, but me to decrease.